# Research Scholar Sarah Labowitz discusses the role of phone calls from laborers in battling human rights abuses

1 Faculty News September 30, 2016 ![Reuters logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030503.jpg?itok=0OAgrDF0)>

Excerpt from [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-textiles-labour-phones-idUSKCN1201HK) -- "'Calls from workers is a good system to have, but it is not a substitute for audits and checks,' \[[Labowitz](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/sarah-labowitz)\] said. 'You need both to tackle the issues in the supply chain.'"

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